Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: libchart-gnuplot-perl
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
libchart-gnuplot-perl version: 0.12-1
I'm running amd64 architecture, but suspect this happens elsewhere.
After installing Chart::Gnuplot via apt-get, I noticed I had a big bunch
of X-related packages installed. On a headless server these X-related
packages are unnecessary, since I will never display anything on that
server, but I'm only interested in generating plots from perl scripts
run through apache CGI.
The problem is that libchart-gnuplot-perl depends on gnuplot, which
depends on Xorg, since it was assumed the person installing gnuplot
would use it interactively, displaying and inspecting plots on a
desktop.
I uninstalled the perl module and gnuplot-x11 (leaving installed
gnuplot-nox) and then proceeded to install Chart::Gnuplot via the cpan
perl utility. The plots on the headless server are now being generated
on the fly from my perl CGI script and I freed some MBs of space (every
byte of server space has a price, better to be thrifty there).
I would however prefer to keep installing and managing my perl modules
via APT, since this way I can keep better track of upgrades and
dependencies.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libchart-gnuplot-perl (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 29 10:48:28 2010
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libchart-gnuplot-perl
** Affects: libchart-gnuplot-perl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: dependencies libchart-gnuplot-perl perl
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Chart::Gnuplot should not depend on gnuplot, but on gnuplot-nox or gnuplot-x11
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611204
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